Rat kings are phenomena said to arise when a number of rats become intertwined at their tails, which become stuck together with blood, dirt, ice, excrement or simply knotted. The animals reputedly grow together while joined at the tails. The numbers of rats that are joined together can vary, but rat kings formed naturally from a large number of rats are rarer. The phenomenon is particularly associated with Germany, where the majority of instances have been reported. Historically, there are various superstitions surrounding rat kings, and they were often seen as a bad omen, particularly associated with plagues.

Pessimism is not in being tired of evil but in being tired of good. Despair does not lie in being weary of suffering, but in being weary of joy. It is when for some reason or other the good things in a society no longer work that the society begins to decline; when its food does not feed, when its cures do not cure, when its blessings refuse to bless.Chesterton again.

Alas, in the world beyond the penthouse of the Waldorf Towers, it's harder to tell whom the A-list invites should go to: From Afghanistan to Egypt, a debt-ridden America bankrolls its own eclipse, betraying friends, promoting enemies, despised by both. In the dog days of summer, the new national-security adviser tweets it in from her pad in the Hamptons or wherever, even as the hyperpower readies for its next unwon war: After America's slo-mo defeat in the Hindu Kush, and its ineffectual leading-from-behind in Libya, and its thwarted Muslim Brotherhood outreach in Cairo, Obama is confidently dispatching the gunboats to Syria. If you're Bashar Assad, you must be as befuddled as that Zurich handbag clerk: Hillary hailed you as a "reformer"; no senatorial frequent flyer courted you more assiduously than John Kerry; the guys trying to depose you hate the Great Satan far more than you do, and are the local branch office of the fellows who turned lower Manhattan into a big smoking hole. Yet Washington is readying to take you out — or at any rate, in George W. Bush's unimprovable summation of desultory Clinton-style warmongering, readying to fire a $2 million cruise missile through a tent and hit a camel in the butt. The only novelty with this latest of ineptly rattled sabers is whether Tsar Putin will stand by and let Obama knock off a Russian client.*

Putin, Assad, General Sisi in Cairo, and many others think they have the measure of Obama, Kerry, and Rice. Poor deluded fools. If only, like Mia, they could see them through blue-tinted glasses . . .

*I wrote this piece for the last issue of National Review. Re Putin, we now know the answer.

Thirteen people, including a 3-year-old boy who suffered a gunshot wound to the head, were shot at a Chicago park in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Thursday night, authorities said.

Ten adults and the 3-year-old were transported by Fire Department ambulances after the attack in the 1800 block of West 51st Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, said Fire Department Deputy District Chief James Mungovan at the scene. A 12th victim was believed to have driven himself to Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, a source said, citing preliminary information.

Police said later a total of 13 people were shot, the boy, two teens, and 10 adults, with the boy the most seriously wounded. The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the head at an ear that exited through his mouth, and was in critical condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-multiple-people-including-3yearold-shot-in-south-side-attack-20130919,0,352520.story

Iran's president makes pitch to U.S. to end rivalry ... Taking a cue from Vladimir Putin's article in The New York Times, Hassan Rouhani takes to U.S. media, to push for an "end to the unhealthy rivalries." http://www.cnn.com/

Barry Obama...I will arm them.........BEIRUT - Hundreds of rebels have pledged allegiance to al-Qaida-affiliated forces in northern and eastern Syria, activists and Islamist sources said on Friday, strengthening the group's control in the region.

Not only individual fighters, but entire units have joined the small but powerful al-Qaida-linked groups - the Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) - in recent days, according to the sources inside Syria http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Activists-Islamist-sources-Hundreds-of-Syrian-rebels-pledge-loyalty-to-al-Qaida-groups-326646

Barry Obama...I will arm them.........On Tuesday, Boko Haram Islamists disguised in military uniforms killed at least 87 civilians. “Heavy weapons” were used in the attack including anti-aircraft missiles, more are expected dead. The insurgents set up checkpoints throughout Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno state and killed anyone who attempted to leave, they also burned dozens of homes and buildings. The Boko Haram is fighting to create an Islamic state in Northern Nigeria and recently they have been focusing their attacks on civilians. - See more at: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/09/boko-haram-islamists-slaughter-at-least-87-civilians-in-borno-nigeria/#sthash.uLzTA2z4.dpuf

Four bikies, believed to be from the new gang Soldiers of Islam, have been arrested after a wild brawl at Mermaid Tavern this afternoon.

Soldiers of Islam, also known as Sons of Islam, is believed to be an offshoot of outlaw bikie gang the Bandidos, which has a clubhouse at Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast.

Sources say the gang, comprising young Muslim men who sport “SOI” tattoos, has sprung up on the Glitter Strip in recent years.

Soldiers of Islam appears to be made up of former Iraqi soldiers which is one of those benefits of welcoming immigrants from broken parts of the world.http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/soldiers-of-islam-biker-gang-terrorizes-australias-gold-coast/

A police officer at Modesto Junior College in California told a patriotic libertarian student that it was against college rules for him to hand out copies of the U.S. Constitution on campus. Ironically, this flagrant violation of the student’s Constitutional rights took place on September 17th: Constitution Day. The exchange between student Robert Van Tuinen and a campus police officer was captured on video. Tuinen told the officer that he wished to start a Young Americans for Liberty chapter on campus, and hoped that passing out copies of the Constitution would generate interest in that. The officer, however, maintained that Van Tuinen was not allowed to distribute flyers without college authorization. …The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right of people to exercise free speech and peaceably assemble in public places. Nevertheless, the officer brought Van Tuinen to the Student Development office, where administrator Christine Serrano told him that he could only hand out flyers while inside a “free speech zone” on campus. The zone is a sad little circle of cement. It only fits two people, and was booked for days. When Van Tuinen insisted that he had a First Amendment right to hand out flyers wherever he pleased, Serrano told him, “You really don’t need to keep going on.” - See more at: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/09/campus-cops-stop-libertarian-student-from-handing-out-copies-of-constitution-on-constitution-day/#sthash.WcgCqTWu.dpuf

If you go Russian waters and trespass and oil well you get what you deserve...enjoy the Russian prison..............A day earlier, two activists were arrested following an attempt to board an offshore drilling platform belonging to state natural gas company Gazprom.

The Coast Guard is part of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the main successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB.

Liliya Moroz, a representative of the FSB in Murmansk region, told Ekho Moskvy radio on Friday that the charges against the activists may include terrorism.

Under Russian law, terrorism is any action aimed at "violating general safety, frightening the public or influencing government action" that damages property or threatens the lives of others in the process. It carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison if the person was unarmed.

Greenpeace said they had been unable to make contact with the activists since late on Thursday and had not yet received official confirmation of these charges from the security services, but said that this was the first detention of a boat and its activists in Russian waters for nearly two decades.http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/greenpeace-ship-russian-arctic-towed-port-20315099

I still don't understand the thinking that ANYONE has the right to destroy private property....No one has the right to trespass on private property or take something that does not belong to them...ever.....this country was founded on the right to own and keep private property...

The Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor.

Two vandals marked the 43rd anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death by tagging his iconic statue in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Police say witnesses saw two men buying spray paint at a nearby store Wednesday night. They walked out and defaced the statue, and then tagged construction equipment, a building, city utility box, signs, and a Metro bus they boarded to leave the area.

The bus driver snapped a few pictures and called police. Before officers arrived, the vandals tagged more buildings downtown.

and critical thinking with a view toward some sort of fruitful discussion.

People trashing Private Property:

example A) The Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor.

They're selling postcards of the hangingThey're painting the passports brownThe beauty parlor is filled with sailorsThe circus is in townHere comes the blind commissionerThey've got him in a tranceOne hand is tied to the tight-rope walkerThe other is in his pantsAnd the riot squad they're restlessThey need somewhere to goAs Lady and I look out tonightFrom Desolation Row.

Cinderella, she seems so easy"It takes one to know one," she smilesAnd puts her hands in her back pocketsBette Davis styleAnd in comes Romeo, he's moaning"You belong to Me I Believe"And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friendYou better leave"And the only sound that's leftAfter the ambulances goIs Cinderella sweeping upOn Desolation Row.

Now the moon is almost hiddenThe stars are beginning to hideThe fortunetelling ladyHas even taken all her things insideAll except for Cain and AbelAnd the hunchback of Notre DameEverybody is making loveOr else expecting rainAnd the Good Samaritan, he's dressingHe's getting ready for the showHe's going to the carnival tonightOn Desolation Row.Now Ophelia, she's 'neath the windowFor her I feel so afraidOn her twenty-second birthdayShe already is an old maidTo her, death is quite romanticShe wears an iron vestHer profession's her religionHer sin is her lifelessnessAnd though her eyes are fixed uponNoah's great rainbowShe spends her time peekingInto Desolation Row.

Einstein, disguised as Robin HoodWith his memories in a trunkPassed this way an hour agoWith his friend, a jealous monkHe looked so immaculately frightfulAs he bummed a cigaretteThen he went off sniffing drainpipesAnd reciting the alphabetYou would not think to look at himBut he was famous long agoFor playing the electric violinOn Desolation Row.

Dr. Filth, he keeps his worldInside of a leather cupBut all his sexless patientsThey're trying to blow it upNow his nurse, some local loserShe's in charge of the cyanide holeAnd she also keeps the cards that read"Have Mercy on His Soul"They all play on penny whistlesYou can hear them blowIf you lean your head out far enoughFrom Desolation Row.Across the street they've nailed the curtainsThey're getting ready for the feastThe Phantom of the OperaIn a perfect image of a priestThey're spoonfeeding CasanovaTo get him to feel more assuredThen they'll kill him with self-confidenceAfter poisoning him with wordsAnd the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls"Get outa here if you don't know"Casanova is just being punished for goingTo Desolation Row.

At midnight all the agentsAnd the superhuman crewCome out and round up everyoneThat knows more than they doThen they bring them to the factoryWhere the heart-attack machineIs strapped across their shouldersAnd then the keroseneIs brought down from the castlesBy insurance men who goCheck to see that nobody is escapingTo Desolation Row.

They be to Nero's NeptuneThe Titanic sails at dawnEverybody's shouting"Which side are you on ?"And Ezra Pound and T. S. EliotFighting in the captain's towerWhile calypso singers laugh at themAnd fishermen hold flowersBetween the windows of the seaWhere lovely mermaids flowAnd nobody has to think too muchAbout Desolation Row.Yes, I received your letter yesterdayAbout the time the door knob brokeWhen you asked me how I was doingWas that some kind of joke ?All these people that you mentionYes, I know them, they're quite lameI had to rearrange their facesAnd give them all another nameRight now I can't read too goodDont send me no more letters noNot unless you mail themFrom Desolation Row.

Critical thinking....to make a wrong seem right ....no thanks.....I will follow G@ds law....and leave thinking like Hollywood to Sean Penn...

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I still don't understand the thinking that ANYONE has the right to destroy private property....No one has the right to trespass on private property or take something that does not belong to them...ever.....this country was founded on the right to own and keep private property...

Exodus 34:13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles. Exodus 34:12-14 (in Context) Exodus 34 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations Deuteronomy 7:5 This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire. Deuteronomy 7:4-6 (in Context) Deuteronomy 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations Deuteronomy 12:3 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and burn their Asherah poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names from those places. Deuteronomy 12:2-4 (in Context) Deuteronomy 12 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations 2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.) 2 Kings 18:3-5 (in Context) 2 Kings 18 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations 2 Kings 23:14 Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones. 2 Kings 23:13-15 (in Context) 2 Kings 23 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations 2 Chronicles 14:3 He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. 2 Chronicles 14:2-4 (in Context) 2 Chronicles 14 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations 2 Chronicles 31:1 When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property. 2 Chronicles 31:1-3 (in Context) 2 Chronicles 31 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations 2 Chronicles 34:4 Under his direction the altars of the Baals were torn down; he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them, and smashed the Asherah poles and the idols. These he broke to pieces and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 2 Chronicles 34:3-5 (in Context) 2 Chronicles 34 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations

Matthew 21:12 [ Jesus at the Temple ] Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. Matthew 21:11-13 (in Context) Matthew 21 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations Mark 11:15 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, Mark 11:14-16 (in Context) Mark 11 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations John 2:15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. John 2:14-16 (in Context) John 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations

The Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor.

The house band for the show were the surviving members of Booker T. and the MG's: Booker T. Jones on organ, Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass, and Steve Cropper on guitar. Joining them is drummer Anton Fig filling in for the late Al Jackson, plus drummer Jim Keltner. Longtime Saturday Night Live bandleader G. E. Smith served as the musical director. Eddie Vedder Roger McGuinn

My back pagesJust like Tom Thumb's BluesAll Along the WatchtowerForever Young

You went out on the street without your shoes onYou didn't listen what your momma saidShe said you won't feel the benefit, won't feel the benefitAnd if we all went out without our shoes onTell me where would we be, where would we be

If all the people in the world lost their reasonWhat would we see, where would we beIf all the entertainers in the world lost their musicWhat would they play, what could they sayTo pacify the crowd, to justify themselvesWon't feel the benefit

You're like a cloud behind the sunLike the face behind the clownYou're moving like the wrinkles in a frownAnd you can never look backA leaf that's borne upon the windA cardboard suitcase in your handThe wanderer soon returnsAnd finds the colour of the grass is just the sameOn the other side of the tracks, oh no

Ooh when you smile it's like a holidayOoh pack your bags and we can get awayWe'll float on a Queen down to RioThere's no need to shaveWe'll be stinking like rum in a punch

You can walk on the waterYou can dabble in the mumbo jumboYou can smoke a little ganjaFloat like a cloud over Rio, RioYou can ride with the GauchosSwinging your bolas in a red bandanaYou can run with the devilTakin' your chances with Senorita

You can drink a lot of coffee in BrazilBut the bill is gonna make you ill

FEEL THE BENEFIT

So, you can go out on the street and take your chancesBut if you do, you better do it rightOr you won't feel the benefit, won't feel the benefitSpin the wheel and take your chancesAnd your number might come upThough the odds may be in favor of the house

If all the people in the world would say togetherWe're all black and white, we're all day and nightIf all the people in the world could sing togetherHow would it sound, what would we feel

Last week, China's Supreme Court warned that anyone spreading a rumour on the internet faces three years in prison if more than 5,000 people see it, or if it gets reposted more than 500 times.

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His identity has not been disclosed, but the Beijing Times quoted a man, named Yang, saying police took away his 16-year-old son on Tuesday on charges of "picking quarrels and provoking troubles".

According to a statement from the county government in Zhangjiachuan, Gansu province, the boy questioned a police investigation that concluded a local karaoke bar manager had committed suicide by jumping from a building.

The boy said the man had been beaten up after a quarrel and accused the police of failing to investigate fully. His accusation quickly went viral, provoking the wrath of the local government.

A federal judge allowed testimony linking an antipsychotic drug to a woman's movement disorder in a lawsuit accusing her psychiatrist of failing to warn of the drug's risks.

SNIPhttp://www.courthousenews.com/2013/09/20/61327.htmFor her insomnia, he prescribed Seroquel, a second-generation antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar mania and major depressive disorder, among other conditions. Though the drug is not federally approved to treat insomnia, some doctors prescribe it for this and other "off-label" uses. About 10 months after she began taking Seroquel, Patteson experienced weakness in her legs and difficulty walking. In early 2008, her doctors concluded that she had tardive dyskinesia, a movement disorder characterized by repetitive, involuntary movements and uncontrollable muscular tics.

"Residents of two states voted to legalize marijuana in 2012, but despite an increase in public support for liberalizing drug policy, American police arrested about the same number of people last year on pot-related charges as in 2011." [US News and World Report]

"In response to a FOIA request from USA TODAY, the Justice Department said its ethics office never looked into complaints from two federal judges that they had been misled about NSA surveillance," reports USA Today's Brian Heath. An email exchange between the reporter and a Justice rep published at Cryptome.org reveals that the government clearly did not want this story published

The region formerly known as the "United States" leads the world in trashing all forms of "Private Property"!!! (And they have been quite successful in imposing their Fascist policies on the rest of the planet)

CNN reported last night that Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, a Republican supporter of the bill, received a daily meal allowance of $127.41, or 91 times the average daily food-stamp benefit. Lucas is also notable as a recipient of the agriculture subsidies his committee doles out: He and his wife have collected more than $40,000 worth.

James Hammond: I'm part of a joint project with North Korean scientists to understand the Mount Paektu volcano, on the border of North Korea and China. Its last eruption 1,000 years ago was one of the largest in human history. The whole top of the volcano blew off. There are still tens of meters of rock and ash deposits. In the early 2000s, it showed signs of life—an increase in earthquakes was recorded and some signs of inflation.

CB: You mean the volcano's sides were bulging?

JH: Exactly. These were signs it wasn't as dormant as we thought. That piqued everyone's interest. With its history, it's quite a worrying volcano.

CB: What do we know about the last eruption?

JH: The exact size of the last eruption is not well-characterized. Chinese scientists have worked on it a lot in the last 15 years, but before that there were only a few studies. The only eruption we can compare it to is Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815, after which the world had a year without summer. It looks like Mount Paektu didn't have a similar effect, but we don't know why. These are the big questions that we hope to understand.

US nearly detonated atomic bomb by accident in 1961http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/21/us-nearly-detonated-atomic-bomb-by-accident-in-161-file/The US Air Force came dramatically close to detonating a huge atomic bomb over North Carolina in 1961, according to a newly declassified document published by Britain's Guardian newspaper on Saturday.

Two hydrogen bombs were accidentally dropped over the city of Goldsboro, North Carolina on January 23, 1961 when the B-52 plane carrying them broke up in mid-air, according to the file.

One of the bombs began to detonate -- a single switch was all that stopped it from doing so. The three other safety mechanisms designed to prevent an unintended detonation failed.

The Democratic Party of Sacramento County, California scrambled on Friday to deal with fallout from a series of tweets its communications chair sent Friday, in which he wished the children of a speechwriter in the office of Sen. Ted Cruz would endure a painful death.

Allan Brauer (L), shown with his husband, was elected Communications Chair of the Democratic Party of Sacramento County on June 14, 2012, and managed its website, social media accounts, e-mail lists, and press releases

Good morning all. Its the road for me today. I believe we will be in Bend, OR tonight. Looks like the weather is going to be cool and wet, but that is ok for driving down I5, which is boring but has to be done if you want to go to OR quickly. This trip I can peek in and make smart ashed remarks when there is wifi. Pray for me if you like. Its a lot of driving and you never know what you will come upon out there.So, shalom. Happy sukkot and all if anybody is doing the thing.

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/21/thats_not_autism_its_simply_a_brainy_introverted_boy/singleton/?google_editors_picks=trueAutism spectrum diagnoses are up 78 percent in 10 years. We're dramatically overdiagnosing it in everyday behavior

Students in Randolph County, North Carolina won’t have access to “Invisible Man.”

That county’s board of education voted 5-2 this week to remove all copies of the Ralph Ellison novel from school libraries, following a parental complaint about the book’s content and language when it was assigned as summer reading in local Randleman High School. “It was a hard read,” said board chair Tommy McDonald, who voted in favor of the ban.

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Should GOD reward you on your terms then, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I... So, tell me what you know... ~ Job 34:33

"You surrender in your own name. Leave me out of it. "

Obey & Endure

No matter how many times I explain to people that I understand that they feel lost and helpless and betrayed by their leaders in the face of the Jihad, that I understand deeply that these are the only people that you perceive to be "standing up to jihad" - no matter how much irrefutable information I give you that many of these so called anti jihadists are just as bad as the jihad itself - You will turn the blind eye out of expedience, out of fear, out of laziness, out of shallowness of moral character, out of stupidity, out of tribal affiliation, out of complacency, out of ignorance, out of vanity, out of hatred.... take your pick. In any event you will chose to stay blind. Let those who have eyes, see:

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